Aurora-Licton Springs Healthy Street

Construction is starting soon!

As soon as this weekend, November 8, we will start construction on the permanent installation of the Aurora-Licton Springs Healthy Street on N 100th St and Fremont Ave N. 
 
We will install permanent signage with a concrete block base and newly painted curb space around it at each intersection along the Healthy Street. At intersections where Aurora-Licton Springs neighbors requested planters, we will install the permanent signage with a planter sign base. Unauthorized on-street parking located within 20 feet of the intersection will be removed for the permanent sign installation.  
  
To further improve safety for people walking and biking along the Aurora-Licton Springs Healthy Street and discourage cut-through traffic, we will construct additional safety enhancements at the intersection of Fremont Ave N and N 105th St. These enhancements will include installing new medians on the north and south sides with cut-throughs for people biking, restricting vehicle turns from N 105th St onto Fremont Ave N, and maintaining existing left and right turn only restrictions for vehicles on Fremont Ave N at N 105th St.  
 
We designed these enhancements to discourage pass-through vehicle traffic along the Healthy Street, improve access to the Interurban Trail, and provide safe space for people walking and biking. To explore all of the new safety enhancements coming to six different intersections along the Aurora-Licton Springs Healthy Street, see the “Design Elements” section below. 
 

WHAT TO EXPECT FOR CONSTRUCTION
Typical construction hours are weekdays, 7 AM to 5 PM, and include weekend work. Other expected construction impacts may include:

• Noise, vibration, dust, and debris
• Construction staging and parking impacts near the work sites
• “No Parking” areas and other parking impacts
• Crosswalk and sidewalk closures, and detours for people walking and biking
• Changes in construction schedule due to weather, etc.

For permanent Healthy Street locations, neighbors can choose to replace the standard concrete sign bases with planters. SDOT will install planters at Healthy Street intersections based on the requests we receive from neighbors (see diagram and image below). Neighbors who request planters are responsible for maintaining the planters after installation. For more information about adopting planters and planter maintenance, visit the Healthy Street Planters webpage.

Left: Diagram showing the possible placement locations for planters at each Healthy Street intersection. Planters would be placed at the blue dots, if requested by neighbors.  
Right: Planter sign bases on the Greenwood Healthy Street.

Permanent Installation Schedule

We will be installing permanent Healthy Street features on the Aurora-Licton Springs Healthy Street over 2024 and 2025! We will install permanent features on Fremont Ave N and N 100th St west of Aurora Ave as soon as summer 2024, and on the remaining segments of the Healthy Street in 2025.

To further improve safety for people walking and biking along the Aurora-Licton Springs Healthy Street and discourage cut-through traffic, we will construct additional safety enhancements at the intersection of Fremont Ave N and N 105th St. These enhancements will include installing new medians on the north and south sides with cut-throughs for people biking, restricting vehicle turns from N 105th St onto Fremont Ave N, and maintaining existing left and right turn only restrictions for vehicles on Fremont Ave N at N 105th St. We designed these enhancements to discourage pass-through vehicle traffic along the Healthy Street, improve access to the Interurban Trail, and provide safe space for people walking and biking. To explore all of the new safety enhancements coming to six different intersections along the Aurora-Licton Springs Healthy Street, see the “Design Elements” section below. Please sign up for email updates to be notified when construction and other updates happen.